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Fire at Ferrari Headquarters

Started by Guy , Mar 16 2004 14:52

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#1 Guy

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 14:52

http://www.atlasf1.c.../id/12758/.html

There was a fire at the Ferrari headquarters today. " fire caused damage to some prototype cars and equipment." Details are sketchy at the moment, and i'm not sure if it meant F1 production or road car prototypes.

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#2 Guy

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 14:56

http://home.wanadoo....News2004_61.htm

looks like it was the roadcar division

According to reports coming out of Italy, part of the Ferrari factory was damaged by fire in the early hours of this morning. It's understood that the fire affected part of the the road car division and not the race car factory which is situated in another part of Maranello.

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#3 LB

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 15:02

LB throws away the matches...what do you mean ROAD Car, dammit.....

Seriously though glad no-one was hurt, thats the main thing.

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#4 velo

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 15:42

from http://home.wanadoo....News2004_61.htm:
"Reports that a group of middle-aged men, led by a sharp-dressed diminutive gentleman with a dodgy haircut and a poor sense of direction, were seen in the area shortly before the fire broke out, remain unconfirmed.

LOL... what the he11 is this?!

Yes, at least no one was hurt.

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#5 Guy

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 16:33

Originally posted by velo

from http://home.wanadoo....ews2004_61.htm:
"Reports that a group of middle-aged men, led by a sharp-dressed diminutive gentleman with a dodgy haircut and a poor sense of direction, were seen in the area shortly before the fire broke out, remain unconfirmed.

hehehe Sounds like Bernie and his chums to me :lol:

Glad to here no one was hurt....not too glad the F1 division wasnt hit

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#6 Scudetto

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 17:05

Originally posted by LB
LB throws away the matches...what do you mean ROAD Car, dammit.....

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#7 MortenF1

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 17:09

Originally posted by LB
LB throws away the matches...what do you mean ROAD Car, dammit.....

.....with a can full of gas, and a hand full of matches, it still weren't fond out...

Yup, agree, glad no-one got hurt and that apparently no cars were seriously damaged.

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#8 Scudetto

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 17:25

Yes, I should add that I'm pleased there were no personal injuries or fatalities involved in the fire.

But those poor, poor prototypes....

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#9 RedIsTheColour

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 18:24

The Policia are looking for a short man with glasses smelling of petrol, he may be in a silver Gulf jet accompanied by a well-spoken lawyer...

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#10 schuy

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Posted 16 March 2004 - 19:02

Ferrari write nothing about this in their website...

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#11 Witt

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 04:01

I've heard of FIA favouritsm for Ferrari but this just goes one step too far...

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#12 The Vulcan

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 08:11

Originally posted by schuy
Ferrari write nothing about this in their website...

....it may not have been something significant for them!

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#13 Mickey

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 09:23

Originally posted by schuy
Ferrari write nothing about this in their website...

What a surprise!;)

Apparently nine prototype cars were damaged, but two or them were saved.

If you want to see what the fire was like, here is a RAI videoclip (in realvideo format) from last night news.

You'll need to skip the first 20 minutes 55 seconds though (if you don't get the slidebar to skip through, try to right click on the video and select "Play in RealOne Player" or something like that).

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#14 maclaren

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 12:26

Damn, Ron agent flamed the wrong place to fire

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#15 Enkei

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 12:27

Originally posted by maclaren
Damn, Ron agent flamed the wrong place to fire

They can't do anything right!

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#16 schuy

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 15:19

Originally posted by Mickey

What a surprise!;)

Apparently nine prototype cars were damaged, but two or them were saved.

If you want to see what the fire was like, here is a RAI videoclip (in realvideo format) from last night news.

You'll need to skip the first 20 minutes 55 seconds though (if you don't get the slidebar to skip through, try to right click on the video and select "Play in RealOne Player" or something like that).

Couldn't see it.
Are you sure it's after 20"55?

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#17 Locai

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 15:26

"If you can't beat 'em...burn 'em to the ground!"

Ron Dennis on hearing that it was the road car building and not the race team building, "DOH!"

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#18 Enkei

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Posted 17 March 2004 - 15:29

Originally posted by Locai
"If you can't beat 'em...burn 'em to the ground!"

Ron Dennis on hearing that it was the road car building and not the race team building, "DOH!"

Sadly, McLaren just beat them with the SLR McLaren